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distribution
[dis-truh-byoo-shuhn]
noun
an act or instance of distributing.
the state or manner of being distributed.
arrangement; classification.
something that is distributed.
the frequency of occurrence or the natural geographic range or place where any item or category of items occurs.
What is the distribution of coniferous forests in the world?
placement, location, arrangement, or disposition.
The distribution of our troops is a military secret.
apportionment.
The court decided the distribution of the property among the heirs.
the delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients, as mail or newspapers.
the total number of an item delivered, sold, or given out.
The distribution of our school paper is now 800.
the marketing, transporting, merchandising, and selling of any item.
(in bridge and other card games) the way in which the suits of a deck of cards are, or one specific suit is, divided or apportioned in one player's hand or among the hands of all the players.
My distribution was six spades, four hearts, two clubs, and a singleton diamond.
Economics.
the division of the aggregate income of any society among its members, or among the factors of production.
the system of dispersing goods throughout a community.
Statistics.a set of values or measurements of a set of elements, each measurement being associated with an element.
Mathematics.a generalized function used especially in solving differential equations.
distribution
/ ˌɪٰɪˈːʃə /
noun
the act of distributing or the state or manner of being distributed
a thing or portion distributed
arrangement or location
commerce the process of physically satisfying the demand for goods and services
economics the division of the total income of a community among its members, esp between labour incomes (wages and salaries) and property incomes (rents, interest, and dividends)
statistics the set of possible values of a random variable, or points in a sample space, considered in terms of new theoretical or observed frequency
a normal distribution
law the apportioning of the estate of a deceased intestate among the persons entitled to share in it
law the lawful division of the assets of a bankrupt among his creditors
finance
the division of part of a company's profit as a dividend to its shareholders
the amount paid by dividend in a particular distribution
engineering the way in which the fuel-air mixture is supplied to each cylinder of a multicylinder internal-combustion engine
Other 51Թ Forms
- distributional adjective
- misdistribution noun
- nondistribution noun
- nondistributional adjective
- predistribution noun
- prodistribution adjective
- superdistribution noun
- ˌ徱ٰˈܳپDzԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of distribution1
Example Sentences
He describes the new aid project as "a Hunger Games distribution network", a reference to a dystopian fiction saga.
Palestinians are reported to have been killed and wounded in another shooting as they gathered near an aid distribution site in central Gaza.
Some of the knowledgeable people expect “South Park” distribution fees to be valued at more than $200 million a year.
Households in the middle of the income distribution are expected to see a modest increase in federal resources.
Israel is now prioritising distribution through the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which it backs along with the US.
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